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Author Topic: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River  (Read 31679 times)

Offline CRS

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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #60 on: April 21, 2017, 08:34:00 AM »
Yes, it is a Merriam's.  The chalky white tips are their trademark.
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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #61 on: April 21, 2017, 04:28:00 PM »
Congrats!!

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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #62 on: April 21, 2017, 07:29:00 PM »
Wow!  Talk about exciting.  Your boy did good.   :thumbsup:  

Merriam's are tough.
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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #63 on: April 21, 2017, 11:25:00 PM »
So this morning I head out at dark thirty.  It was magical, probably heard 6 dozen gobbles from 4 different turkeys.

What a morning!  All that came in was a few hens and six jakes.  The mature gobblers hooked up with more vocal (albeit real) hens and moved off.

Did a bunch of running and gunning, while taking Hope on a tour of the Black Hills. Did hear two different gobbles, but no encounters to write about.

No trip is complete to the Black Hills without checking this out.

   
Mount Rushmore

Since it is just down the road, checked out this carving in process.
   
Crazy Horse

With only two days left, our time with Hope is coming to a close.  Oldest boy is going to hunt with her tomorrow and Sunday.
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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #64 on: April 22, 2017, 01:42:00 PM »
The family is getting it done in the Black Hills!
Lots of gobbling way down at the bottom of the coves around me but no luck running and gunning. They zigged when I took Faith on a zag.
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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #65 on: April 22, 2017, 06:53:00 PM »
I have a gobbler working right now.  It is a patience game.  Been playing for two days and the last hour and a half.

I will have an encounter with him yet.

  :)
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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #66 on: April 22, 2017, 08:23:00 PM »
My view

   
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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #67 on: April 22, 2017, 08:32:00 PM »
Unfortunately this gobbler is hung up on the wrong side of canyon.  There happens to be a property line in between.

I have no doubt that some day he will make his way over to our spot.  Just may not be in Hopes time of stay.
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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #68 on: April 22, 2017, 08:34:00 PM »
Fnshtr,
I believe you are next in line for Hope.

Shoot me a pm or email with your address.  Hope will ship Monday and get back on schedule.
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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #69 on: April 23, 2017, 03:24:00 PM »
Chad,
Sent you a PM with my address.

Thanks, really enjoyed your posts and pictures!

Wayne
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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #70 on: April 24, 2017, 02:05:00 PM »
Rained cats and dogs all weekend and still raining this morning, so I found other things I needed to do even though I heard some gobbling. On my way into work today, I rounded a curve at the bottom of the ridge below the house and these two toms were walking along the side of the road, headed down to a pasture where two other toms 50 yards away were strutting and three jakes were trying to dry out their feathers without attracting any unwanted attention. I've seen several solo hens , so I'm guessing the hens are setting their clutches while the boys are trying to find a gal before last call.
These photos were taken from 3 yards... I could have almost reached Faith out the window and touched them.
 
 
 
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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #71 on: April 24, 2017, 05:22:00 PM »
Randy Doyle / mnbwhtr , you're up next to host Faith's turkey adventures. Check your email /PM's and send me your shipping address.
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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #72 on: April 24, 2017, 10:29:00 PM »
Hope is on the way to West Virginia!  Good luck to Wayne and everyone to follow.  What a cool thing to be a part of.    :campfire:
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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #73 on: April 25, 2017, 05:43:00 PM »
Faith is on her way to Minnesota...Get er done, Randy!

I want to take a moment to talk about these bows. I'm hoping Will Cocke will jump in with some more expansive comments, but there are two things I want folks to know about these bows: outstanding workmanship and mind-boggling ingenuity and dedication to the craft.

There's been references on this thread and the Black River pass around thread about the "hybrid" limbs on these bows. As you can see from photos included in earlier posts the limb profile when strung is quite unusual. In practice, the limbs are very fast for a long bow design and also quiet. But here's how those limbs get that performance:

This is a photo of the limb bases. That's 11 different laminations, not counting the cork limb pad where it meets the riser, and only Will can tell how many different materials.
 

Moving outboard on the limb, you can see how the wedge in the center tapers down..but doesn't disappear altogether.
 
 

That center lamination takes a very low-angle reverse taper in the final third of the limbs to the tips.
 

As you can see, the  limbs at the tips have nine laminations, not counting the overlays, and four overlay layers.
 

The tips are really nice-looking , string easily.
 

When your not counting laminations and studying that double reverse taper, pondering how that gives the limbs their profile and performance, you can look at the stained spalted maple under a matte clear finish and see that these bows are mighty easy on the eyes as well.
 

So, my theory is that the sharp-eyed ( maybe not sharp-witted) toms in my neck of the woods were intimidated by Faith and that's why they kept a fence between us at all times.

Thanks for letting me spend some time roving the ridges with Faith during the prettiest month of the year in these mountains, and a huge shout out to Will Cocke at Black River Bows...handsomely done, indeed!
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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #74 on: April 26, 2017, 10:09:00 AM »
Hope is on the way and scheduled to be delivered today!!!!
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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #75 on: April 27, 2017, 02:22:00 PM »
Faith arrived today. Will be in the field tomorrow if the rain and snow let up. Been shooting in the basement and she shoots where I'm looking so watch out Gobblers!

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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #76 on: April 27, 2017, 09:22:00 PM »
I am so impressed with Hope! Craftsman ship, grip, cast, and speed are all excellent. I've only shot it a couple dozen times under lights in the back yard. Although my arrows are tuned to my heavier bows, she shoots them well.

If it is not raining in the morning, I'll carry her afield in pursuit of an eastern gobbler.

Chad did a wonderful job packing her up, as it took me about 45 minutes to unpack her. He sent a "momento" along with her as I hope to do.

Kudos to Will for a fantastic bow built for a fantastic charity!
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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #77 on: May 07, 2017, 10:24:00 PM »
Sorry for the disappearing act. Pics and story coming.
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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #78 on: May 09, 2017, 06:04:00 AM »
Well, it WAS raining and I didn't want to subject Hope to the harsh conditions. Then I was out of town for all of last week.

Yesterday I sat in the blind until about 9 am. Lots of gobbling, but all in the distance, and early.  It was dead in my area. I had lots of work around the house, so I left at 9. It was 33 degrees!

I shot Hope some last evening. I absolutely love how accurate this bow is. I believe I shoot it better than any bow I've ever picked up!

I'm typing this from my blind at 6 am. More to come.
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Re: Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River
« Reply #79 on: May 09, 2017, 09:06:00 PM »
Well Faith has seen a lot of early mornings but no shots yet. Speaking of shooting, this bow really throws an arrow, I'm impressed with the cast it has. Most of the time I shoot about #55 and this bow matches them all. The turkeys are driving me nuts as well as the lack of sleep and it gets lite earlier every day. Maybe tomorrow will be better!

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